Finance Assistant
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Finance Assistant
Company: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Limited
Location: Sittingbourne
Salary: £27,976 per year
Job Type: Permanent Full Time
Work Type: Hybrid (3 days office, 2 days WFH)
Our Team
We are currently looking for a Finance Assistant to join our Finance team to help look after our 1000+ concession customers and 2,000+ suppliers. The role combines working in the Accounts Receivable and Payable sections and would suit someone who is keen to continue developing their career within Finance.
The Role
Credit Control:
- Ensure sales invoices & credit notes are processed and sent out in a timely manner.
- Processing EDI’s
- Chasing any debt by calling/emailing customers
- Posting all receipts from bank statement daily
- Supporting the management of all incoming queries in Zendesk
- New customer account set up, including credit checks and DD management
- To issue DD advance notices and prepare bank file upload on time
- Ensuring all Pro-Formas paid are released in time for delivery
- Customer account management, ensuring all payments are allocated correctly etc
- Support the period end/weekly reporting
Purchase Ledger
Helping with the invoice workflow through our Accounts Payable Automation software (Medius)
- Support the ‘Love our Suppliers’ initiative to pay every single invoice on time
- Helping to manage the supplier portals
- Assist with Supplier account payment allocations
- Liaise with our Management Accounting Dept to ensure the accurate coding of each invoice
- Responding to any supplier or internal queries
- Assist with supplier account reconciliation
- Helping with New Supplier set up
- Support other depts with their invoice approvals and system training
Good to Have / About You
- Previous purchase ledger/credit control experience working in a busy modern Finance Dept.
- Experience of working in a multi deadline driven department
- Confidence in managing numerous tasks and deadlines. Experience of re-prioritising where necessary
- Attention to detail and accurate when dealing with large volumes
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Have a good team work ethic and be willing to support the Dept & team mates to achieve their objectives and goals
- Confident user of modern software (including AI) to improve workflows.
- Articulate and a good telephone manner with the ability to speak to customers/suppliers in the appropriate manner
- Good communication skills (both written and verbal) to be confident in answering/asking questions when dealing with customers, suppliers and colleagues
- This vacancy would suit an ambitious individual who wants to develop their career in a Finance Department
Excellent Benefits
- Paid leave on your birthdays, moving house, become grandparent or your child starts school for the first time
- Study support
- Staff profit share
- Wellbeing program
- 30% staff discount
- Access to CookieJar Smart Spending discounts and free food perks.
- Team meals , events & away days
- Be part of a B-Corp-certified business that values sustainability, people, and the community.
- Life Insurance
- Free Lunch in the office
What [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is About
We’re a proudly independent, family-owned B Corp, which basically means we care. A lot. About our food. About our people. And about doing the right thing—even when it’s not the easy thing.
Our vision for [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] has always been that we are a place where EVERYONE is welcome. We want everyone to feel like they belong at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]. We all have different roles, different abilities and different personalities. By collaborating we can do remarkable things. Whatever your story, if you would like to grow with [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] please apply.